Juni Fisher

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Juni Fisher (born c. 1957) is a western and folk singer-songwriter.

She has received three awards from the Western Music Association: the Crescendo Award, Female Vocalist of the Year, and Song of the Year, in 2005, 2006, and 2007, respectively.[1] In addition, the Academy of Western Artists named her Female Performer of the Year in 2005.[2]

[edit] Biography

Fisher was originally from a farming family in Strathmore, California. Her father was the late Howard Fisher; her mother, Buzz Fisher-Burtner, still runs the farm that grows oranges for Sunkist.[3] Juni Fisher now lives in Franklin, Tennessee,[4] to where she moved in 1991.[3]

She began singing while in elementary school, in a trio with her sisters.[4] She started playing guitar at age seven and wrote her first song at age eight.[5] She graduated from Strathmore High School and College of the Sequoias.[4]

She has the highest regard for the Western ballad, which she has described as "a pure form of American folk music".[4] Her musical influences early on included Marty Robbins, Joan Baez and Burl Ives.[3]

On one of her albums, she performed one of her own compositions, "I Hope She'll Love Me", in a duet with Joe Hannah of Sons of the San Joaquin.[4]

She enjoys fly fishing in her spare time.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Western Music Association
  2. ^ Evans Price, Deborah (2005-07-23). "Latest buzz". Billboard 117 (30): 31. 
  3. ^ a b c Aguirre, Mary Lou. "Singer tackles the western frontier Strathmore native Juni Fisher finds her niche", The Fresno Bee, 2005-07-29, p. 6. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f Bergfalk, Terry. "Award-winning balladeer comes home for Lindsay performances", The Fresno Bee, 2007-05-04, p. 2. 
  5. ^ O'Brien, Pat. "Tales of trails: Cowboys at festival to sing and tell of life on the range", The Press-Enterprise, 2006-07-21, p. AA27. 

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